As the debate continues to heat up over health care in America, a new book from a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is a timely, thought-provoking, and urgent wake-up call.  In Even Doctors Cry: Love, Death, Scandal and a Terribly Flawed Medical System (Langdon Street Press, May 2010, $14.95 paperback) Dr. Alvin Reiter recounts his own traumatic ordeal with a system that he, as a doctor, had once trusted implicitly, and presents a shocking insider’s look into the world of medicine through the tragic true story of one of its most unlikely victims.

With a cast of unforgettable characters, a compulsively readable writing style, and its important message, Even Doctors Cry is a powerful book.